January Saints
and Catholic Feasts Calendar
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, January 1
January 1: Solemnity of
Mary, Mother of God
-
Circumcision of the
Lord - New Year Celebration - January 1 Saints of the Day
- Other events of January 1
January 2: St. Basil the Great and
St. Gregory of Nazianzen, Doctors of the Church - 31 martyred in the French
Revolution - Many martyrs in Rome - Martyrs of Lichfield, England -
January 2 Saints of the Day - Events of January 2
January 3: Most Holy Name of
Jesus - St. Genevieve, patroness of Paris - January 3 Saints of the Day -
Events of
January 3
January 4: St. Elizabeth
Ann Seton,
the first American-born citizen to be beatified - January 4 Saints of the Day -
Events of January 4
January 5: St. John Neumann,
first American bishop to be canonized -
January 5 Saints of the Day - Other events of January 5
January 6: Solemnity of the Epiphany - St. John of Ribera,
deported the Moors from Valencia, Spain - January 6 Saints of
the Day - Other events of January 6
January 7: St. Raymond of Penyafort, the Dominican - Blessed
Angela of Foligno, the rich wife begger - January 7 Saints of the Day - Other events of January 7
January 8: Baptism of the Lord, first
Sunday after Epiphany - St. Peter Thomas, the Carmelite Patriarch of
Constantinople - January 8 Saints of the Day -
Events of January 8
January 9: St. Julian and St. Basillisa, their
home a hospital
- St. Adrian of Canterbury, body incorrupt - January 9 Saints of the Day - Other events of January
9
January 10: St. William of Bourges - St. Maria
Dolores Rodriguez Sopena, Center for the Workers (Sopeņa
Lay Movement) - January 10 Saints of the Day, events of
January 10
January 11: St. Francisca Salesia Aviat,
Sister Oblates
- St.
Theodosius Abbot of Jerusalem - January 11 Saints of the Day - Other events of January 11
January 12: St. Margarite Bourgeous, Notre Dame
schools
in Canada
- Blessed
Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung, Thailand's first
martyr - January 12 Saints of the Day, events of
January 12
January 13: St. Hilary of Poitiers,
the
married Bishop of Poitiers who fought
Arianism - January
13 Saints of the day, events of January 13
January 14: St. Felix of Nola - St. Sava,
a Prince into a Monk -
January 14 Saints of the Day, events of January 14
January 15: St. Paul the First Hermit,
January 15 Saints of the Day, events of January 15
January 16: Pope Saint Marcellus I, a Pope as a
slave - St. Berard
and Companions, martyrs in Morocco - January 16 Saints of the Day, events of January 16
January 17: St. Anthony of the Desert, Abbot,
the Patriarch of Monastic Life - January 17 Saints of the Day, events of January 17
January 18: The Confession of Peter, Mt.16
- St. Charles of Sezze,
January 19: St. Joseph Sebastian Pelczar
two congregations to care for the
poor,- St.
Marguerite Bourgeoys, pioneer of
Canada - January 19 Saints of the Day, events of January 19
January 20: Pope St. Fabian, a farmer
- Soldier St. Sebastians,
shot
with
arrows, January 20 Saints of the Day, events of January 20
January 21: Our Lady of Altagracia - St.
Agnes of Rome, Ines, the Lamb of Jesus - January 21 Saints of the Day, events of January 21
January 22: St. Vincent of Saragossa, his
Cathedral converted into the "Great Mosque" of Cordoba - January 22
Saints of the Day
January 23: St. Ildephonsus of Toledo, noted
writer, especially of Our Lady - Servant
of God Juan de Padilla,
first Franciscan martyred in America - January 23 Saints of the Day, events of January 23
January 24: St. Francis de Sales, Doctor of
the Church, against Calvinists with gentle way - January 24 Saints of the Day, events of January 24
January 25: Conversion of St. Paul,
January 25 Saints of the Day, events od January 25
January 26: St. Timothy and St. Titus - St. Paula
of Rome and St. Jerome - St. Margaret of Hungary, a Princess and a
resurrection - January 26 Saints of the Day, events if
January 26
January 27: St. Angela Merici and the Ursulines - Blessed Henry de Osso y Cervello
and St. Teresa
- January 27 Saints of the Day, events of January 27
January 28: St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor Angelicus
-
Saint Peter Nolasco, founder of the Mercedarians - Blessed Charlemagne
King - January 28 Saints of the Day, events of January 28
January 29: Servant of God Brother Juniper
and the Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi -
January 29 Saints of the Day, evens of January 29
January 30: St. Martina martyr with horrible
torments
- January 30 Saints of
the Day, events if January 30
January 31: St. John Bosco and the Salesians
- January 31 Saints
of the Day, events of January 31noted
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